You don't seem to be familiar with the software development field. There are always a few or one top level person who architects the overall software, no different than the claims of a director change out. You are subbing out a programmer like they are one of the people building sets and that...
I find all this "It's the director's/producer's film" fascinating. In no other industry where people are paid upfront to do work, do the people who do the work own it. The person or company that paid them and took the financial risk owns it in its entirety. Combine that with workers...
Just because the screen fills the same FOV does not mean it is the same experience. Sitting close to a screen, 7 feet or less, is much harder on the eyes for focus than at 20+ feet. If you have a projection system and a TV, try it yourself. Sit close to your TV to equal the FOV of your HT...
I had no problems seeing the aliasing (jaggies) on those screen grabs on the thin tree branches on the right. Mola Ram's ear took a second look to notice.